AMC’s The Walking Dead: Dead City returns for its third season on Sunday, with Maggie and Negan attempting to put their violent history aside and build a more stable future in post-apocalyptic Manhattan. An exclusive preview shows Maggie being offered a potential fresh start, underlining the season’s shift from survival and rivalry towards cooperation and community-building.

New characters Renata and Luis, siblings linked to a hospital-based settlement, become important allies after Maggie and Negan help supply power for an incubator. Renata asks Maggie to move the people of The Bricks to Manhattan, where food, water and electricity are available, in return for help keeping the community safe; Maggie is initially wary but appears increasingly tempted by the proposal.